Pesticide Exposure Linked to Teen Depression in Agricultural Communities (external site)
Adolescent depression increases with exposure to pesticides, a study in the Ecuadorian Andes shows.
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Perturbed Genes Regulating White Blood Cells Linked to Autism Genetics and Severity (external site)
Researchers at UC San Diego say they are getting closer to identifying the mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder, revealing a critical gene network that is disrupted and which helps predict severity of symptoms.
Personalizing Precision Medicine with Combination Therapies Improves Outcomes in Cancer (external site)
University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that treating patients with personalized precision medicine that combined therapies to target multiple alterations improved outcomes in patients with therapy resistant cancers.
Personalized “Eye-in-a-Dish” Models Reveal Genetic Underpinnings of Macular Degeneration (external site)
Using stem cells derived from six people, UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers recapitulated retinal cells in the lab. This “eye-in-a-dish” model allowed them to identify genetic variants that cause age-related macular degeneration, a common cause of vision loss.
Personalized Cancer Therapy Improves Outcomes in Advanced Disease, Says Study (external site)
Patients receiving care at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health had better outcomes if they received personalized cancer therapy.
Organ Transplant Recipients Significantly Protected by COVID-19 Vaccination (external site)
UC San Diego researchers report that solid organ transplant recipients who were vaccinated experienced an almost 80 percent reduction in the incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated counterparts during the same time.
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